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Tairua Is New Zealand’s Version Of The Hamptons

Posted in WHEEEEEE!!! on Monday, December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Jeff and I escaped Auckland and are now in a perfect beach house with a slight harbor view. There is a porch and an open sliding door through which the summer air flows, cooling the whole small house. A smooth sand beach is five minutes away by ferry. I am in Tairua, but I [...]

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Auckland Is A Terrible, Useless City

Posted in I Live Where?!, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on Sunday, December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I dislike Auckland. I’ve been there twice now and I have no desire to ever return again. I am willing to forgive certain disappointments that are not entirely the city’s fault, such as the rain. The wind, too. Otherwise, Auckland is just another city, and not an especially nice one at that.

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Cricket Is A Silly, Silly Game

Posted in I Live Where?!, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on Saturday, December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Jeff and I celebrated our first Boxing Day by getting sunburned at a Twenty20 Cricket match. Cricket constantly reminds you that it was started by the British, a notoriously silly people. First there’s the slogan “Anything Can Happen.” Of course anything can happen! But you know what happens instead? Nothing!

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Good News: I Am Alive

Posted in WHEEEEEE!!!, tagged , , , , , , , , on Saturday, December 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The flight to Auckland was uneventful, although I considered storming the plane and crashing it myself because the ever-so-cheerful flight attendants refused to turn off the Christmas music playing over the P.A. It would have been fine, but they wouldn’t let me use my iPod, which can apparently now crash planes, a nifty feature I [...]

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I’m Not Worried About Taking A $34 Flight On Christmas

Posted in OH SHIT, THIS IS HAPPENING, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Jeff wrangled us New Years plans, as I knew he would. Sarah and Dan, a couple we met on the cruise, have a beach house in Tairua, which is on the east side of the supposedly scenic Coromandel peninsula and we’re invited. Getting there is, as with all things New Zealand, half the adventure. It’s [...]

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I Had Company At The Beach Today

Posted in What, Me Plan?, tagged , , , on Wednesday, December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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Helpful Latke Tips: Use Matzoh Meal, Not Flour

Posted in WHEEEEEE!!!, tagged , , , , , , , , on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I made latkes for my flatmates last night and they could have turned out better. They taste alright if not oddly bitter, which I’ll attribute to either the white pepper I used in lieu of real pepper, or the kumara, which looks like a sweet potato, but might in fact be a regular potato that’s [...]

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There Is A Beach Ten Minutes Away From My Apartment

Posted in I Live Where?!, tagged , , , , , , , on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is the view downtown from Oriental Bay, a sandbox of a beach that is only a ten minute walk from my apartment. The sand isn’t fine and the water isn’t warm, but on a nice sunny day, it’s a great place to toss a blanket and read a book. Even on the nicest day [...]

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